Pendant-setting



(No Model.)

J. T. JOYCE.

PENDANT SETTING.

Patented June 19, 1888.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. JOYCE, OF PLAINVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PEN DANT-SETTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,629, dated June 19,1888.

Application filed June 17, 1887.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. JOYCE, a citizen of-the United States,residing at Plainville, in-the county of Norfolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inPendant-Settings for Stones and Brilliants, of which the following is aspecification.

Heretofore it has been a comparatively expensive'operation to polish thependant open settings for stones or brilliants on account of thesoldered eye, by means of which the setting was suspended,and it is theobject of my invention to dispense with the fixed attachment of thesuspending-eye, as heretofore; and it consists in the combinatiomwiththe stone or brilliant, of an open setting formed in one piece of sheetmetal, the arms of the setting being folded over to the stone orbrilliant from the flat side of the stock, one of the said arms beingprovided with an open holding-notch and a ring or eye which looselyembraces the said arm at the notch.

Figure l is a side elevation showing an earring provided with apendant-setting embodying my improvement. Fig. 2is a vertical section ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing a modification. Fig. 4.is a top view of the setting, showing the arm which passes through thering or holding-eye.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a piece of wire bent to forma hook, at, and also to form a downwardly extending spring-arm, b, whichis adapted to be held within the hook, thus serving to securely lock thewire A to the lobe of the ear. Upon the horizontally-extending portion 0of the wire A are secured the two collars d d, between which is placedthe loose ring 6, to which the open setting B is attached.

The upper arm,f, of the setting may be bent outwardly at g to form aholding-seat for the Serial No. 241,678. (No model.)

ring 6, by means of which the setting will be held in proper verticalposition. The setting B can in this case be made without heating thesame, as heretofore, in order to solder a ring thereto, and cantherefore be made sev.- eral numbers thinner, and still be stiffer thanthe ordinary pendant-settings, which are softened by the heat requiredfor soldering The final polish can also be rapidly applied to thesetting on account of the uniformity of its surface and lack ofdiscoloration by heat.

A modification is shown in Figs. 3 and 4, in which the upper arm, f, ofthe setting passes through an eye, 6', in the ornamental piece 0, whichis firmly soldered to the wire A, and the arm f may be provided with thelateral projections h h, which serve to prevent the arm f from slidingback through the eye, so as to cause the setting to hang in anunbalanced position.

I have illustrated the application of my improvement to an ordinaryear-ring, but the same may be employed on any desirable articleofjewelry.

The setting B is struck up in one piece from sheet-metal stock, and thearm f is made to pass through the opening in the ring or holding-eye andis loosely held in the same.

I claim as my invention- The combination,with the stone or brilliant, ofthe open settingformed in one piece of sheet metal, the arms of thesetting being folded over to the stone or brilliant from the fiat sideof the stock, one of the said arms being provided with an openholding-notch and a ring or eye which loosely embraces the said arm atthe notch, substantially as described.

\ JOHN T. J OYOE.

Witnesses:

SOCRATES SCHOLFIELD,

JOHN S. LYNCH.

